Can receiving and piercing device.



N. C. & C. S. BROWN.

CAN RECEIVING AND PIERCING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21. I917.

1,295,4IQ5 Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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Specification of Letters Yatent, Pafiggmtedl Feb, 25, was.

Applieationflled November 27. 1917. Serial No. 204,154.

To allwkomz't may concern: 1 n

Be it known that we, Nrcnoms C. BROWN and CAROLINE. S. BROWN, citizensof the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, n the county ofWestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Can lteceiv n and Piercing Devices; and we do.herebyeclare the following wine a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accomany ng drawings, and to. characters of re erence marked thereon, whichform a part of this speclfication. y

This invention has reference, generally, to

a novel construction of receptacle adapted to serve primarily as acontainer for the usual can containing milk or other l1qu1d, the coveror lid of the receptacle being provided with piercing elements servingto provide the closed head or .end of the can with suitable openingswhich will permlt of the contents of the can to be readily poured fromthe canheld within the receptacle,'th e latter serving as an ornamentaltable-utensil which hides the unsightly can, and also preserves thecontents of the can in a fresh and non-contaminated condition.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal objects toprovide a useful as well as an ornamental and simple table-uten- .silfor-the purposes above stated, with a view of providing a device wh chcan be readily employed for piercing the end or head of the can; and,furthermore, to provide in addition to the can-piercing means anefiectively constructed pouring means or spout which is brought intoperfect registration with one ofthe openings produced in the end or headof the can, and is ofsuch novel construction, thatthe contents of the.

can can be poured from the can and will freely flow into and through thesaid pouring ()ther objects of the present inventlon not at" this timemore particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from thefollowing detaileddescription of the present invention.

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the saidinvention consists, primarily, in the novel table-utensil hereinafterset forth; and, the said invention consists, furthermore, in the novelarfollowing rangements and combinations of the several devices andparts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts,all of which will be more fully described in the specification andthenfinally embodied in the Lclauses of the claim which are appended to andwhich form an essential part of the said specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich 2- Figure l is a side elevation of the tableutensil, with itscover or lid shown raised,

- and the said device illustrating one embodiment of the tion. 7

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional representation of the body of thereceptacle, the cover or lid of the same being represented ineleprinciples of the present invenvation and closed, said viewillustrating in connection therewith, partly in elevation and partly in.section, a can placed within the receptacle, and the end or head ofwhich h s been pierced, so as to hold the can-in place within thereceptacle and at the same time permit of pouring from the can into andfrom the spout of the receptacle.

Fig. 3 is a to view of the receptacle; and Fig. 4 is a bottom view ofthe cover.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section of the said cover, said section beingtaken on line 55 in said Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arroww; and Fig. 6 is a similar section of the cover, said section beingtaken on line 6-6 in said Fig. 4, said Figs. 5 and 6, however, scale.

' Similar characters of reference are employed the above describedviews, to indicate corresponding parts. I

being drawn on an enlarged Referring now to the several figuresof thedrawings, the reference-character 1 indicates the can-receivingreceptacle, which may be of any suitable material and size, as well asof any desired ornamentation.

This receptacle usually comprises a cylindrical body, as 2, formed witha suitable base or bottom 3 which is preferably pro-f vided with anopening 4. As here shown, the said body 2 may also be providedlvith ahandle 5, and an oppositely disposed marginal open ortion 6 over aportion of which is suzitabl. disposed a spout-shaped mem- The said body2 is alse provided upon its upper edge with a hinge or pintle-receivingmember 8 to which is hinged a suitably shaped cover orlid 9 adapted to'close the upper open portion of the said body 2. This cover or lid whichis usually hollow, as shown, is closed by means of a bottom-plate ordisk 10, to the bottom or lower surface of which are secured, in anysuitable manner, a pair of piercing members, as 11 and 12.

Thesaid piercing member 11 cons sts, essentially, of a pair of angularlydisposed cutters or blades 13 arranged in the form of the letter V, theouter edges of said blades tapering, as at 14, and terminating in apiercing point 15. Extending rearwardly from the vertically disposedmeeting edge of thelsaid cutters orblades 13, is a third and rearwardlyextending cutter or blade 16, also provided with a tapering cutting edge17, terminating at a point directlyabove the piercing point 15.

The piercing device 12 consists, essentially, of a block-shapedbody-member, as 18, having aforwardly extendin nozzle or spout-shapedmember 19. Exten ing downwardly and rearwardly from the said bodymember18 is a tapering piercing element 20, terminating in a piercing point21, and

the arc-shaped cutting edges 22 and 23, sub- I tion 25 of the nozzle orspout-shaped member 19 is a pouring duct 26.

stantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings.

Extending fromthe open portion 24: of the said piercing element 20, tothe open por- Having in the foregoing, in a general manner, described a.construction of can-receiving and piercing receptacle, illustrating oneembodiment of the principles of the present invention, the manner ofusing the device as-a protecting receptacle for the reception of a cancontaining milk or other liquid, and also. the manner of using the coveror lid of the receptacle for the purpose of doubly piercing orperforatin the head or end 27 of the can 28, and providing in additionan efficiently operating pouring means or spout for pouring ordischarging.

the contents of the can 26, will be clearly understood from theforegoing specification and from an inspection especially of Fig. 2 ofthe drawings.

It will be clearly understood, that by means of the novel table-utensilherein de: scribed, we have devised a simple, useful, as well as anornamental device, for perforating the sealed gend of a can, so as topermit the contents of the can to be poured from the spout of thereceptacle, the closed cover or lid also serving as a means for keepingthe contents of the can in a clean and sanitary condition.

Weare also aware, that changes may be made in the general arrangementsand combinations of the several devices and parts,

as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, withoutdeparting from the mamas scope of the present invention as set forth 1in the foregoing specification and as defined in the clauses of theclaim which are appended to and which form an essential part of saidspecification. Hence, we do not limit our present invention to the exactarran ements and combinations of the several evices as described in thesaid specification, nor do we confine ourselves to the exact details ofthe construction of the said parts, as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

ing from said lid, one of said piercing devlces consistingv of ablock-shaped bodymember having a forwardly extending spoutshaped member,a downwardly and rearwardlyextending piercing element having" arc-shapedcuttmgedges terminating in a piercing point, said piercingpoint andcutting edges providing an open portion, and the said block-shapedbody-member being provided with a pourin duct extending from the openportion 0 .the piercing element to the open portion of saidspoutshapedmember. I

2. A can-receiving and piercing device comprising a main body in whichthe can is adapted to be disposed, a handle extendmg from said body, anda spout-shaped member also extending from said body, a 11d connectedwith said body, and a pair of piercing devices depending from said lid,one of said piercing devices consisting of a block-shaped body-memberhaving. a for- 3. A can-receiving and piercing device vice having adownwardly and rearwardly extending piercing element terminating in apiercing point, said piercing element having an open portion, and thesaid block-shaped member being provided with apouring duct extendingfrom the open portion of the piercing element to the open portion of thespout-shaped member of said piercing devlce and said other piercingdevice consisting of a pair of angularly disposed blades,

said blades having tapering edges terminating in a piercing point and arearwardly extending cutter-blade, said last-mentioned blade having atapered edge terminating at a polnt above said piercing point.

In testimony that We claim the invention set forth above. we havehereunto set our hands this 22nd day of November, 1917.

NICHOLAS 0. BROWN. CAROLINE s. BROWN.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE FOUNTAIN, MILDRED F. BROWN.

